Galactic North

Author	Charles Stross
ISBN	1841493368

When the planet of New Moscow was brutally destroyed, its few survivors launched a counter-attack against the most likely culprit - the neighbouring system of trade rival New Dresden. But New Dresden wasn't responsible, and as the deadly missiles approach their target, Rachel Mansour is assigned...

Author	Ken MacLeod
ISBN	1841491098

Better than the previous novel, but very uneven. The shifting perspectives in the last novel was annoying and in this one, the use of the present tense format is often irritating. I stick with this series simply because it is an interesting concept. The last chapter was really the worst of it all, which...

Author	Stephen Baxter
ISBN	0061059048

"And everywhere the Humans went, they found life..."
This dazzling future history, winner of the 2000 Philip K. Dick Award, is the most ambitious and exciting since Asimov's classic Foundation saga. It tells the story of Humankind - all the way to the end of the Universe itself.

Here, in...

Author	Neal Asher
ISBN	1405055006

During a war between two planets in the same solar system - each occupied by adapted humans - what is thought to be a cosmic superstring is discovered. After being cut, this object collapses into four cylindrical pieces, each about the size of a tube train. Each is densely packed with either alien technology...

Author	Peter F. Hamilton
ISBN	0330351826

This is a collection of six short stories and a novella taking place in the Night's Dawn universe before the events of the main trilogy took place. To be fair I need to say "Peter F. Hamilton" and "short" do not belong to the same sentence - the guy does not know the meaning of the word. Thus these allegedly...

Author	Gary Gibson
ISBN	0230706800

Before I even launch into this review I have one word: Emissary.

Imagine an alien race that is half Cthulhu, half Mammoth and all bad attitude. If that doesn’t inspire you to read Nova War I’m afraid nothing will.

What a fun book! Filled with violence and sense-of-wonder, the second...

Author	Gardner Dozois
ISBN	0061562351

All-new stories of science fiction adventure from some of the most beloved names in science fiction spin all-new tales of interstellar adventure and wonder.

Contents
3 • Utriusque Cosmi • (2009) • novelette by Robert Charles Wilson
27 • The Island • (2009) • novelette...